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@with @faire strn @fitta HORACE S. CAR-LEY, OF CAMBRIDGEPORT,MASSACHUSETTS.

Letters .Patent No. 68,485, dated AS'el'otembcr 3, 1867.

IMPROVEMENT IN BOTTLE-STOPPERS.

TO ALL WHOM. I'f MAY CONCERN :l

Be it known that I, II. S. CARLEY, of Cambridgeport, in the county ofMiddlesex, and State of Massa chusetts, have invented a new and improvedBottle-Stopper; and I do hereby declare that the-following is a full,clear, and exact description thereof," which'will enable others skilledin 'the art to make and use the same, reference being hadto theaccompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which-.

Figure 1 represents a sectional view of my invention.

Figure 2 is a side view of the same.

Similar lettersiot` reference indicate corresponding parts.

The object of this invention is to provide a bottle-stopper forsoda-water bottles and other bottles containing liquids charged withcarbonio acid, whichcan be firmly closed and held down, which can beeasily opened when desired, and which will always be attached to thebottle whether opened or closed.A

The invention consists in securing tothe stopper two or more wire rods,which project from the under side of the stopper, and are inserted intothe bottle. The rods are spread apart by their own spring, so that theirlower ends press against the inside of the neck of the bottle., At theirlower ends they arebent out, so that they can catch under a shoulderformed on the inside of the bottle. The stopper is inserted by pressingthe -wires together. When in it can be closed by any lsuitableapparatus; and when to be opened it can be drawn out until the hookscatch under the aforesaid shoulder. The stopper will thus be at alltimes retained on the bottle without preventing` the same from beingfilled or emptied.

A represents a stopper, made of India rubber or other suitable material.From its under side project two or more wire rods B B, which may beattached in any suitable manner, although I prefer the mannerillustratedin iig. 1. In this a plate, a, of sheet metal is placed upon thestopper, and is perforated with holes. The wire is passed through onehole in the cork and plate, is then bent upon the plate, and passed downagain through the other hole in the plate and stepper.. VThus two wirerods are obtained, which have suihcient spring to press their endsapart. The wire used can be made of any suitable metal, tlat or round.At their ends these wire rods are slightly bent out, as shown in fig. 1.In the neck of the bottle, not far from its mouth, is formed a shoulder,b, as shown. The wires have to be pressed together when to be insertedin the bdttle, and their ends are then by their own or another springpressed against the sides of the neck of the bottle.

The liquidcan be filled in in the ordinarymanner, and the stopper forceddown by the usual machinery. The stopper may be held down by meanslof aloop or. clasp, C, which is hinged to a ring, D, laid around the neck ofthe bottle', as shown, or by any other suitable device. The ends of thewires B catch under the shoulder Z), and prevent? the cork from beingwithdrawn or lost when the bottle is opened. In fig. 1 the bottle isrepresented as being opened; and in iig. 2, and by red lines in iig. 1,it is represented as being closed.

Instead of being bont out at the ends, the wires may be provided withprojecting stops attached to the same in any suitable manner.

OneA wire rod, when so bent as to torni two stops at the lower end, asshown by dotted lines in iig. 2, will answer the purpose as well as thetwo rods B, andi-nay be used with equal advantage.

I claiml as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patentw Abottle-stopper, consisting of the cork A, made of India rubber or othersuitable material, and provided with one. or more spring wires B B,which project downwards from the cork, and which are made and operatingsubstantially as and for the purpose herein shown and described.

H. s. cantar.

Witnesses WM, F. McNAMAnA, ALEX. F. Ronnnrs.

